F. Murray Abraham

Biography

F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He became famous for portraying Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Abraham debuted on Broadway in the 1968 play The Man in the Glass Booth. He received the Obie Award for Outstanding Performance for his roles in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1984) and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2011). He returned to Broadway in the revival of Terrence McNally's comedy It's Only a Play (2014), receiving a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play nomination. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men (1976), Scarface (1983), The Name of the Rose (1986), Last Action Hero (1993), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Dillinger and Capone (1995), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Finding Forrester (2000), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). He was a regular cast member on the Showtime drama series Homeland (2012–2018), which earned him two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He also acted in Louie (2011–2014), Mythic Quest (2020–2021), Moon Knight (2022) and The White Lotus (2022), with the latter earning him nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article F. Murray Abraham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Homeland

as Dar Adal

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Blue Bloods

as Leon Goodwin

The Good Wife

as Burl Preston

Elementary

as Daniel Gottlieb

The White Lotus

as Bert Di Grasso

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Ayatollah

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Theodore Nichols

NOVA

as Narrator

The Good Fight

as Burl Preston

The Orville

as Chairman

American Experience

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Moon Knight

as Khonshu (voice)

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Scarface

as Omar

Mythic Quest

as C.W. Longbottom

All in the Family

as Clerk

Kojak

as Solly Nurse

Kojak

as Eddie Gordon